Levance Fields spoke this week about the pressure of playing on the Garden floor and of being the only player from the city in last night’s Jordan Classic All-Star game.

But he admitted that it wasn’t all that bad.

“I know that even if I go 0-for-12 and play terribly, I’ll still be going to Pitt,” said the Xaverian star, who scored 18 in his Gray team’s 127-126 win over the White squad that was sealed when Emanuel Mayben missed a pair of free throws with three seconds left in front of an announced crowd of 6436. “So I’m set regardless.”

Preston Bell isn’t so lucky. The 6-4 Long Island City senior hasn’t played in any all-star games and is still waiting for a legitimate scholarship offer.

“I can’t imagine having that much stress right now,” Fields said. “I can’t even relate to that. It’s probably not fair that certain players get so many advantages.”

But it’s reality for Bell, who played for a team good enough to reach the PSAL playoffs, but remains under the radar for many coaches. That’s why Bell was at Baruch College yesterday, playing in the Big Apple High School Exposure Scholarship Games.

“Right now I’m desperate,” Bell said. “I’ll take almost anything.”

Perhaps a dozen lower-level Div. II and Div. III coaches saw 40 seniors without plans for the fall tried to finally make an impression.

“If I went to a different school with a better program, like Lincoln or Cardozo, I wouldn’t be here right now,” Bell said. “I’d have a scholarship. But it’s hard to make a name for yourself when people don’t really know about you.”

That’s why games like the Big Apple, as well as Tuesday’s Sports Foundation City Game at John Jay College, exist.

Bell said that due to family problems, he has moved eight times in the past three years. He is trying to become the first person in his immediate family to graduate from high school.

“My mom and sister had to leave school and then get their GED,” Bell said. “Graduating is important to me, but I can’t stop there. I need to go to college.”

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Former North Carolina and Notre Dame head coach Matt Doherty is expected to be named head coach at Florida Atlantic tomorrow, according to a source . . . Xaverian’s Saiquon Stone will visit Providence this week. He is also considering Fairfield, Marist and Pitt.

. . . Terrell Owens attended last night’s game, but refused comment on his contract squabble with the Eagles.